Anderson regroups from the knockdown and boxes the round well.
When Bakole lands shots they rock Anderson but he stands firm.
Bakole is trying the uppercut but keeps missing, sooner or later one is surely going to land.
Anderson bossed the first round for two minutes and fifty-five seconds.
Then in the final five seconds of the round, Bakole lands a combination of big punches and sends Anderson to the canvas for the first time in his career.
That will be a big wake up call for Anderson.
The superstar athletes’ comment came after Trump made baseless remarks about immigrants in the U.S. “taking Black jobs.”
Amid her celebrations after winning gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics individual all-around gymnastics final, Simone Biles seemingly took a jab at Donald Trump.
The superstar athlete, whose latest win is the sixth Olympic gold medal of her career, reflected on her achievements in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday.
“I love my Black job,” Biles wrote, responding to a comment from singer-songwriter Ricky Davila, who initially said, “Simone Biles being the GOAT (greatest of all time), winning Gold medals and dominating gymnastics is her Black job.”
The star gymnasts’ comment appeared to be in reference to recent statements Trump has made, claiming immigrants in the U.S. are “taking Black jobs.” He made similar comments at the June 27 presidential debate and then again at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago earlier this week
“I will tell you that coming from the border, are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking Black jobs,” the former president said at the Chicago convention.
When asked to explain his baseless remark, Trump added, “A Black job is anybody that has a job. That’s what it is. Anybody that has — they’re taking the employment away from Black people. They’re coming in, and they’re coming in, they’re invading.”
At the same convention, Trump also faced criticism after questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ identity as a Black woman. “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” he said to the room full of Black journalists. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?
“I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went — she became a Black person,” Trump added about Harris, who is of both Jamaican and Indian heritage. “I think somebody should look into that too.”
Harris’ campaign quickly responded to the GOP presidential nominee’s statements, calling his hostility “simply a taste of the chaos and division” that Trump’s campaign seeks for a second term in the White House.
Following the knockout win over Conor McGregor back in 2017, Floyd Mayweather Jr transitioned from high-level opposition to younger, more vigorous challenges that keep him active and keeps his paychecks rolling. Mayweather has tangled with Japanese kickboxing star Tenhsin Nasukawa, UK reality star Aaron Chamers, YouTube sensation turned WWE superstar Logan Paul, and now, John Gotti III, grandson to the notorious mob boss.
‘Money’ Mayweather is nearing 50, but he lives a clean lifestyle. The 50-0 pro boxer has a legendary training regimen that he acquired from being inside boxing gyms since he was a youngster watching his father Floyd Sr and uncle Roger Mayweather fight professionally at a respectable level. Boxing is ingrained in Mayweather’s DNA.
And he may continue to fight these big budget exhibition matches well into his 50s, according to the President of The Money Team, James McNair.
Midtown’s beloved restaurant made ready to rumble a grand affair
We were ready to rumble in the most delicious way.
Hunt & Fish Club in Manhattan this week hosted a rather epic match off before the big night between Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III.
The luxurious Midtown dining hotspot owned by Nelson Braff and Eytan Sugarman took the spotlight during the history-making fight announcement. At the starry affair was also John Gotti Jr who came out to support and help bounce off the fighting words of Mayweather.
When the public hears the name John Gotti they may remember the infamous mob boss from the 1980s, but that surname has a new meaning in 2024. Grandson to the feared mafioso frontman, John Gotti III chose an alternative type of violence, which found him entering a local MMA promotion on Long Island, NY about 10 years ago.
Since turning pro in 2017, Gotti III has always been in the spotlight in the local fight scene, but after jumping in the ring with one of the greatest boxers of all-time, Floyd Mayweather Jr, last year, the Gotti name became a topic of conversation once again. The 31-year-old New Yorker was outgunned in the first fight but believes he has fixed his weaknesses. The first fight was heavily in favor of Mayweather Jr, but the fight will be remembered for having high emotions that resulted in a brawl.
Terence Crawford is more like Floyd Mayweather than first meets the eye.
Both boxers have very different fighting styles but align when it comes to their elite mindsets.
“I’m kind of lame, I don’t gamble, I don’t party, I don’t drink, I’ve never smoked, nothing,” Crawford told Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast.
Asked whether other boxers do the same, Crawford replied: “The only person I can honestly say besides the partying is Floyd Mayweather because he didn’t drink or smoke.
“He would party but he would go and run six miles after he partied at 4 o’clock in the morning.”
It was this commitment to his craft that paved the way for a long and illustrious tenure in the paid ranks.
During a professional career stretching from 1996 to 2017, Mayweather built up an unblemished 50-0 record including wins over several current and future Hall of Famers such as Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto.
He is also a five-weight world champion and three-weight lineal champion.
But he never achieved undisputed status in any of the divisions he fought in.
Mayweather came closest to unifying all four major sanctioning body belts in 2015 when he defeated Pacquiao for the WBC, WBA, and WBO welterweight titles.
He could have then gone on to face Kell Brook, who was the IBF champion at the time.
However, Mayweather refused to pay a sanctioning fee to the WBO after his fight with ‘Pac Man’ and was subsequently stripped of their version of the world title.
Garbine Muguruza, the former world No 1, Wimbledon and French Open champion, announced her retirement at a news conference on Saturday; Muguruza has not played since announcing a hiatus from tennis in early 2024
Former world No 1 Garbine Muguruza has announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30.
The 30-year-old Spaniard won the French Open in 2016 before lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish on Centre Court the following summer but she had not played a competitive match since January 2024.
At a press conference where she was announced as a Laureus Ambassador, Muguruza said: “If 25 years ago, when I started hitting my first tennis balls, someone had told me that I would become a professional tennis player, that I would fulfil my dream of winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon, that I would become No 1 in the world and win the WTA Finals, I would have thought this person was crazy.
Claressa Shields floored Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse on three occasions in second round knockout win in Detroit; the American star stepped up two weight classes to fight for the WBO light-heavyweight title and also claimed Lepage-Joanisse’s WBC heavyweight belt
Claressa Shields knocked out Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse with ease in the second round to secure world titles in a fourth and fifth weight division.
Shields stepped up two weight classes to fight for the WBO light-heavyweight title and also claimed Lepage-Joanisse’s WBC heavyweight belt after flooring the Canadian on three occasions in Detroit.
Spiteful combinations from Shields troubled Lepage-Joanisse from the opening bell and she ruthlessly ended the fight in the following round.
With her back to the ropes, Shields unloaded a flurry of punches that sent Lepage-Joanisse crashing to the canvas.
Lepage-Joanisse rose unsteadily and was floored again by a follow up attack from Shields that ended with a short, sharp right hand.
Another overhand right sent Lepage-Joanisse down again and the referee waved it off, sparking celebrations from Shields and her hometown fans.
“Looking at Vanessa in her fights, she pushed girls back because her legs are very strong,” said Shields.
Simone Biles continues to add to her Olympic resume, and Thursday she became the first woman to ever win two gold medals in the all-around final since Vera Caslavska did so in 1968, according to USA Gymnastics.
Biles clinched her sixth Olympic gold medal and her ninth overall after winning gold in the all-around with a solid floor exercise routine. Earlier in the week she became the most decorated American gymnast with a gold medal in the women’s team final.
If there was ever a question about it, Biles flashed a piece of jewelry just to remind fans of her GOAT status.
